[379] The Plan

"Blazing great sun, scorching proud sun, by dawn Dongjun, by dusk the Crimson Emperor!" "Blazing great sun, scorching proud sun, by dawn Dongjun, by dusk the Crimson Emperor!" "Blazing great sun, scorching proud sun, by dawn Dongjun, by dusk the Crimson Emperor!" The figure gradually became clear. He had almost no skin, no lips, and no hair. His eyes were crammed with pupils, while mouths grew across his forehead, both cheeks, and his chest. The voice came from those mouths; his original mouth was clamped shut, teeth clenched tight, making him look exceptionally terrifying. "That's an Abyss Praiser! Its praising will draw even more monsters—kill it first!" Zhang Buyao had already fought her way several kilometers away, and seeing the Abyss Praiser, she immediately sent a divine sense transmission to Yu Xian. Hearing this, Yu Xian instantly shot into the sky and threw a punch straight at the Abyss Praiser. The Abyss Praiser crossed its hands over its chest muscles, then flipped its palms outward. Two mouths shockingly appeared on the palms, completely absorbing Yu Xian's attack. "Holy crap." Yu Xian hadn't expected his strongest punch to be swallowed so effortlessly by the Abyss Praiser. However, he reacted instantly. With a flash of golden light, Auntie Number Two was summoned before him, and he called out, "Auntie, get him!" The moment he said "get him," Auntie Number Two entered her Violent Auntie form. Exactly 0.0000001 seconds later, the Abyss Praiser's body blew apart, every fragment disintegrating under the terrifying force. Immediately after, countless monsters rapidly exploded. In her Violent Auntie form, Auntie Number Two displayed combat strength at the Mighty One level. In the blink of an eye for Yu Xian, the sky full of Abyss monsters was completely gone. "That's it? It's over?" Yu Xian said, somewhat surprised. Zhang Buyao, on the other hand, was not nearly as optimistic. She spoke up, "Not yet. Once an Abyss Praiser sets its sights on a world, it usually won't rest until death. It will never stop until the world is destroyed." Won't rest until death... The problem was that in the Abyss, Abyss Praisers could revive infinitely. "Why did it target our world?" Yu Xian couldn't help asking after hearing this. Zhang Buyao explained, "All negative emotions and negative powers have an immense attraction for Abyss creatures. When the concentration reaches a certain level, they swarm over like flies smelling feces. After all, they are monsters born from Uncle Feng's unwillingness to die, his rage, and his resentment." In reality, ordinary levels of negative emotions and negative energy wouldn't attract the attention of Abyss creatures, but the Infinite Sea Corpse Vein Dragon's corpse qi was of far too high a quality and quantity. Even before Yu Xian found Zhang Gangxing's corpse, these Abyss creatures had already been alerted; it was only because the distance was so vast that they hadn't arrived in time. Zhang Buyao had initially thought they were lucky and hadn't alarmed the Abyss creatures this time, but in the end, they still hadn't escaped this calamity. The next instant, dense swarms of Abyss creatures appeared once more. Yet before they could even launch an attack, Auntie Number Two crisply and cleanly obliterated every single one of them. "Now we're in trouble. There's an Abyss Navigator among these monsters," Zhang Buyao said then. An Abyss Navigator possessed almost zero combat power on its own, but it could perform group teleportations for all Abyss creatures. As long as it had visited a place in the Abyss once, it could reach it repeatedly, completely ignoring distance. Consequently, having an Abyss Navigator versus not having one made it an entirely different scale of warfare. With an Abyss Navigator present, it meant Yu Xian and the others would face a never-ending stream of monsters that could never be wiped clean. Most Abyss creatures could revive in the Abyss and then return to the battlefield via the Abyss Navigator. Upon learning the Abyss Navigator's ability, Yu Xian felt utterly disgusted. An opponent like this was nauseating no matter how weak it was. "Doesn't that mean we're stuck in an endless loop now?" Yu Xian frowned, unable to think of any good way to break the current deadlock for the moment. Furthermore, Zuo Zhengzong had been so weak that he died from being merely grazed by the Abyss creatures' power, which gave Yu Xian another massive headache. No one knew where Zuo Zhengzong had revived now or what new abilities he had acquired. Leaving him unchecked would sooner or later become a grave threat. "Pretty much. Actually, I do have a way to resolve them, but once I use it, I'll have to go home," Zhang Buyao sighed. Her method was simple: call for backup. She definitely couldn't call her father or mother, but she still had an older brother named Zhang Yao. The age difference between her and her brother was immense. She had been born long, long after Zhang Yao had become a Mighty One. In terms of strength, Zhang Yao was vastly stronger than her. As long as Zhang Yao came over, all problems could be solved, but the price was that she would be dragged back home by her brother. "If you don't want to use it, then don't. We haven't reached the worst-case scenario yet," Yu Xian said with a smile. Zhang Buyao clearly did not want to go home, and Yu Xian naturally wouldn't sacrifice his friend to protect the world—even if that sacrifice was merely unpleasant for her. Of course, most importantly, just as he said, things hadn't reached the worst-case scenario yet; he still had unused tricks up his sleeve. "Auntie, list all methods for heading to the God Vault Space. They must be ones I can use," Yu Xian said to Auntie Number Two, who stood guard in midair. Having him travel to the old branch and then use the God Vault Token to enter the God Vault Space was clearly unrealistic. Setting aside whether he could even walk away right now, the distance alone was far too vast. Never mind the potential dangers along the way, simply traveling would probably cost him untold years. But weren't there still rule secret arts? After Zhang Buyao had explained rule secret arts, a possibility had occurred to Yu Xian: could there be a rule secret art capable of transmitting the God Vault Space's 'signal' over here? Simply put, using a rule secret art as a 'signal amplifier' so the rules of the God Vault Space could function on the new branch as well, after which he could use the God Vault Token to enter the God Vault Space. Assuming this hypothesis worked, he might be able to dump all these Abyss creatures into the God Vault Space and see whether that tower or whatever it was would consume them. If it did, all the better; if not, it could still trap these Abyss creatures in the God Vault Space forever. That way, the crisis would naturally be resolved. The only nuisance was that whenever he entered the God Vault Space in the future, he would have to wear the King of the Abyss Battle Armor to avoid being tainted. "Plan One: Use the God Vault Token in the old Tree Universe to enter the God Vault Space. Plan Two: Enter the Everlasting Silence Prison Tower and use the God Vault Token to enter the God Vault Space. Plan Three: Use the rule secret art 'Wonderful Art of Grand Wisdom Hall Admitting Truth' to enter Lucifiel-Phoenix's library, and thereby use the God Vault Token to enter the God Vault Space. Plan Four: Travel to Feng Laixian's divine kingdom, and thereby use the God Vault Token to enter the God Vault Space. Plan Five..." In an instant, Auntie Number Two provided a huge list of answers. After hearing the second plan, Yu Xian actually stopped listening. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The solution had been in his hands all along! Had he known earlier, he would have sent Zuo Zhengzong straight into the God Vault Space just now. Good things never came easy. Yu Xian let out a sigh. For now, it was best to deal with the Abyss creatures first.